page_title: John Jones (astronomer)
hierarchical_section_title: John Jones (astronomer)
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of John Jones (1818–1898) of Bangor, Wales, with his largest telescope, an 8-inch aperture reflector of his own construction. Scanned from the reproduction in Seryddiaeth a Seryddwyr by J. S. Evans (Cardiff, 1923, page 273) of the photograph published by Arthur Mee (1860–1926) in Young Wales, vol. 4, no. 48, page 272, 1898. Cymraeg: Llun o John Jones (1818–1898), Bangor, Cymru, gyda'i delesgop mwyaf, adlewyrchydd 8 modfedd o drawsfesur a wneuthwyd ei hun. Sganwyd o'r copi yn Seryddiaeth a Seryddwyr gan J. S. Evans (Caerdydd, 1923, tudalen 273) o'r darlun cyhoeddwyd gan Arthur Mee (1860–1926) yn Young Wales, cyfrol 4, rhif 48, tudalen 272, 1898.
context_page_description: John Jones, also known as Ioan Bryngwyn Bach and Y Seryddwr, was a Welsh amateur astronomer.
  He was born at Bryngwyn Bach, Dwyran, Anglesey, and received only an elementary education. From the age of twelve, he worked as a farm labourer. He later worked as a counter of cargoes of slate as they were loaded on to ships in Bangor, in modern Gwynedd. Unusually for someone of his background, he was not only a musician and a poet but proficient in several languages. He is noted mainly for his interest in astronomy: he constructed his own telescopes – including "Jumbo", reputed to be the first silver-on-glass reflecting telescope in Wales.
  He died at Bangor in 1898.
context_section_description: John Jones (1818 – 1898), also known as Ioan Bryngwyn Bach and Y Seryddwr (The Astronomer), was a Welsh amateur astronomer.
  He was born at Bryngwyn Bach, Dwyran, Anglesey, and received only an elementary education.  From the age of twelve, he worked as a farm labourer. He later worked as a counter of cargoes of slate as they were loaded on to ships in Bangor, in modern Gwynedd.  Unusually for someone of his background, he was not only a musician and a poet but proficient in several languages.  He is noted mainly for his interest in astronomy: he constructed his own telescopes – including "Jumbo", reputed to be the first silver-on-glass reflecting telescope in Wales.
  He died at Bangor in 1898.
caption: John Jones (1818–1898) of Bangor with his largest telescope, an 8-inch aperture reflector.
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